Improvement in animal-pokes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABNER W. BISHOP, OF YORK, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANIMAL-POKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,071, dated August 1, 1865.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER W. BISHOP, of York, in the county of Medina, in the State of Ohio, have invented a Poke-a new and improved mode of preventing unruly beasts from leaping over or breaking through fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hat; to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the spring E on the top of the upper endof theleverB,by which the pinsFFthereto attached are allowed to protrude back through the holes in block G into the animals breast when in contact with a fence, and when not in contact with a fence the protrusion of pins is withdrawn back into the block G, preventing constant chating, irritation, and laceration of the animal.

To enable others to make and use mynvention, I will describe its construction.

I construct a bow after the usual of bow for poke, which is kept from spreading by a bolt put through the bow such distance as required for the animals neck. I construct a lever or tongue, which is hung in the ends of the bow byanother bolt, which is made fastin the lever nearest the upper end, and so as to bring the upper end of the lever directly under the upper bolt. On the upper end of the lever I put a short cross-pieceor yoke, through which two holes are bored. I then construct a steel spring, on the upper end of which is a short cross-bar with two pins. The spring is then fastened on the upper side of the upper end of the lever, so that the pinsin the spring lit in the holesin the yoke on the end of the lever, and so that the upper end of the spring comes immediately underneath the upper bolt in the bow. `The spring is set so as to keep the point of the pills within the yoke when hanging natural; but by pressing the lower end ot the lever against a fence the pins are protruded through the holes into the animal, causing him to desist, and when not pressed against a fence the protruded pins are Withdrawn back into the block to prevent constant pricking and irritating the animal.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- The application of the spring Eto upper side of lever, which, by reason of the combination of theyoke Gand boltsD and O andlever B, the pins F F protrude and withdraw, as the nature of the case requires.

ABNER W. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J oEDAN, H. I. WALKER. 

